EBBA 21706
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Valiant Trooper and pritty Peggy: / Being a pretty new Ditty, of a gallant brave Trooper, and Peggy so pritty. / He oft did complain of her unconstancy, / Yet afterward she proved his loving Wife to be. | ||
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| Date Published | 1678-1688 ? | |
| Author | T. Robins | |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood. | |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Page | 4.40 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.40 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The Valiant Trooper and pritty Peggy: / Being a pretty new Ditty, of a gallant brave Trooper, and Peggy so pritty. / He oft did complain of her unconstancy, / Yet afterward she proved his loving Wife to be. | The second Part, To the same Tune, / Being pretty Peggs answer to her only one, / And she vows never to leave her Bird alone. |
| Tune Imprint | To a pretty new Tune: Or, though I live not where I Love. | To the same Tune, |
| First Lines | HEard you not of a valiant Trooper, / that had his pockets well lin'd with gold | If Gold thou want I have great plenty, / demand of me and thou shalt have, |
| Refrain | But unconstant woman, true to no man, / is gone and left me her bird alone. [with variations] | |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?200 x 315 | |
| Condition | cropped right edge, uneven inking | |
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